Christopher Nolan Explains Choice of No 3D in Batman 3

Jan 9, 2011 by Rob Keyes 

Christopher Nolan explains the reasoning behind not implementing 3D into ‘Inception’ and why he won’t introduce the format with the conclusion of his Batman trilogy, in ‘The Dark Knight Rises’

While comic book fans and movie buffs theorize on what characters, villains and stories Christopher Nolan is drawing from to conclude his Batman trilogy with The Dark Knight Rises, we do have some important hard facts about the film. What may be the most interesting design choice about the movie – and certainly very pleasing to moviegoers – is that Nolan will not will shooting Batman 3 in 3D, nor converting it afterward as per the desire of Warner Bros.

Nolan’s interest in utilizing IMAX tech may lead to them shooting most, if not all, of The Dark Knight Rises in the higher resolution (and expensive) format instead. And if director of photography, Wally Pfister, has his way, he’d love to do the entire movie in IMAX as well. But with 3D offering and obvious method of bringing in more cash for the studio, why didn’t Nolan share his Inception in 3D and why will The Dark Knight Rises not be shot that way either?

Deadline interviewed the revered director about the experience and development of Inception, where they touched on the subject of the 3D phenomenon and Nolan’s choice to not make use of it (yet).

“We looked at shooting Inception in 3D and decided we’d be too restricted by the technology. We wouldn’t have been able to shoot on film the way we’d like to. We looked at post-converting it, actually did some tests, and they were very good. But we didn’t have time to do the conversion that we would have been satisfied with. Inception deals with subjectivity, quite intimate associations between the audience and the perceived state of reality of the characters.”

Warner Bros. has made it known that their next major ongoing film franchise to fill the void soon to be left from the conclusion of the Harry Potter series will make use of their vast library of DC Comics characters, and that all of these films along with their other big budget blockbusters, will be in 3D. Nolan’s Batman Begins and The Dark Knight didn’t make use of the third dimension, but why not jump in on the fad for The Dark Knight Rises?

Nolan continues:

“In the case of Batman, I view those as iconic, operatic movies, dealing with larger-than-life characters. The intimacy that the 3D parallax illusion imposes isn’t really compatible with that. We are finishing our story on the next Batman, and we want to be consistent to the look of the previous films. There was more of an argument for a film like Inception. Ive seen work in 3D like Avatar that’s exciting. But, for me, what was most exciting about Avatar was the creation of a world, the use of visual effects, motion capture, performance capture, these kinds of things. I don’t think Avatar can be reduced to its 3D component, it had so much more innovation going on that’s extremely exciting. 3D has always been an interesting technical format, a way of showing something to the audience. But you have to look at the story you’re telling: is it right?”

Yes, very. With his recent successes, Nolan has earned the right to make whatever movie he chooses in whatever method we wishes, and we can applaud him for not forcing 3D into Inception and sticking to his guns in ending his Batman trilogy in the same style he shot the first two installments. It’s much preferred over the post-converted route Green Lantern is taking.

For most live-action films to date, I would happily choose the 2D option over its overpriced counterpart. And if IMAX were the other alternative, if shot that way, I would always go with that, especially on a Nolan project.

3D or IMAX. Which would you prefer for your superhero movies?

The Dark Knight Rises begins production in May and is scheduled for theatrical release on July 20th, 2012.

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Source: Deadline

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my6sense for Android gets updates to take over as your social client of choice

November 23 2010 by admin in News |

If you’re not familiar with my6sense, then please stop reading this and go read this first. As I’ve told many people before, there’s simply nothing out there that can compare to the intuition-based feeds that my6sense provides.

The issue that I’ve had with using my6sense as a primary client on my Droid X, however, has been in the fact that it’s a bit limiting because I could only share to my social networks previously. That’s now changed, though, with new updates that let you post directly to Twitter, Facebook or Google Buzz, instead of simply having to share items from  your timeline.

Of course there are some limitations. my6sense isn’t TweetLonger, so you’re limited to the 140 characters for Twitter (but that’s a good thing). Want to post something longer? You can do that with Buzz or Facebook by going up to 420 characters for each of them.

Beyond the ability to push updates, however, there’s also a new widget for my6sense. While I typically use TweetDeck for Android as my main Twitter client, I’m not at all a fan of the widgets choices. I like small (1×4 preferred) widgets, and I want them to display information for me.

The new widget from my6sense’s app allows you to choose between using Google Buzz, Twitter and Facebook, or the combined widget which will display the most relevant information from all of your sources.

my6sense is free, from the Android Market. If you haven’t tried it yet, you owe it to yourself to do so. Within a couple of days, it quickly became my favorite way to find the most relevant information for me and I’m sure you’ll find it to be the same for you.

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Huge victory for .co domain. Go Daddy makes it default choice for new registrations.

November 14 2010 by admin in News |

While this certainly doesn’t signal the end of the .com domain, it’s a sign that quality .com domains are running out.

You may recall that earlier this year, the .co made its grand entrance as the first real competition to the .com domain. The .com domain name has been a staple for nearly 26 years and with over 90 million websites under its umbrella, it was only a matter of time before another extension would gain steam.

Today Go Daddy, the largest domain registration website in the world, made a pretty dramatic change on its main page that seems to indicate that a shift into the .co era might finally have arrived.

Instead of featuring .com as the default option on its search box, Go Daddy has shifted gears and now employs .co as the default domain choice. Considering Go Daddy is the place where almost fifty percent of domain registrations takes place, this is an enormous victory for .co and those who own .co domains.

It also figures to be a pretty big win for Go Daddy as .co domains typically cost around 3 times as much as .com’s. And while .co may not become as prominent as .com any time soon, sites such as Overstock.com are already making the switch.

No word on whether or not this a permanent policy or a temporary one but we’ve reached out to Go Daddy for comment and will update as soon as they respond.

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